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The Formation of Prosociality : Causal Evidence on the Role of Social Environment

Kosse, Fabian - 2018

' prosocial attitudes are systematically related to elementary school children's prosociality. In a second step, we present … evidence on a randomly-assigned variation of the social environment, providing children with a mentor for the duration of one … gap in prosociality between low and high SES children. A mediation analysis of the observed treatment effect suggests that …

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Welfare-Optimal Status Planning of Minority Languages : An Economic Approach

Wickström, Bengt-Arne - 2011

We analyze normatively determined distributions of language rights in multilingual settings. It is shown in a welfare-maximizing model where rights today influence the status of a language in the future, that the “naïve” ex ante cost-benefit analysis has to be augmented in various...

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Gambling to Leapfrog in Status?

Friehe, Tim - 2013

This paper shows that households with positional concerns and convex status utility use gambling to attempt leapfrogging in the social hierarchy. We test this theoretical prediction relying on household data that is representative for Germany, proxying the status orientation of households by...

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Social Capital and the Status Externality

Itaya, Jun-ichi - 2018

This paper investigates how the presence of social capital affects the externality arising from status-seeking preference as a parable for inefficient antagonistic behavior. It is assumed that the stock of social capital is accumulating through joint social interaction between rational...

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On the Desirability of Taxing Charitable Contributions

Blumkin, Tomer - 2007

We develop a model that allows for public goods and status signaling through charitable contributions. This model provides a unified framework in which contributions are driven both by altruism and status signaling. We use this setup to re-examine the conventional practice of rendering a...

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Status-Seeking in Criminal Subcultures and the Double Dividend of Zero-Tolerance

Dur, Robert - 2006

This paper offers a new argument for why a more aggressive enforcement of minor offenses ('zero-tolerance') may yield a double dividend in that it reduces both minor offenses and more severe crime. We develop a model of criminal subcultures in which people gain social status among their peers...

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Nineteenth Century White Physical Activity and Calories : Socioeconomic Status and Diets

Carson, Scott A. - 2014

Using data from late 19th and early 20th century US prisons, this study estimates the basal metabolic rates and calories for Americans of European descent. Throughout the 19th century, white basal metabolic rates (BMRs) and calories declined across their respective distributions, and much of the...

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Obesity in Black and White : Accounting for 19th Century US BMI Differences by Socioeconomic Status and Biology

Carson, Scott A. - 2021

Little research exists on late 19th and early 20th century US body mass index value differences by race, and darker complexions were associated with greater BMI values. Mulattos had greater BMI returns associated with socioeconomic characteristics, indicating that while blacks had greater BMIs...

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Schools, Ability, and the Socioeconomic Gradient in Education Choices

Falch, Torberg; Strøm, Bjarne - 2021

Norway. Using a rich data set covering all students transferring from compulsory education to upper secondary education in …

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Nineteenth Century Stature and Family Size : Binding Constraint or Productive Labor Force?

Carson, Scott A. - 2021

The use of height data to measure living standards is now a well-established method in economics. Nevertheless, a neglected area in historical stature studies is the relationship between stature and family size, and statures are documented here to be positively related with family size. The...

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